More about the alpacas
So we got the alpacas a couple weeks ago. I'd been preparing for that event for several years, and it was certainly exciting to have...
There were always meant to be alpacas
From the start, when we first hatched this idea of buying a house with several acres of land, we intended to keep alpacas. We hit the...
The Mystery of the Disappearing Peaches
This has not been the July I expected. Last year, we spent the whole month picking peaches, processing peaches, selling peaches, eating...
Lessons from last year's garden
Last year was the first year I planted a garden. Oh, I've grown container tomatoes and had beans and cucumbers in raised beds, but last...
Spring is pruning time
Spring? It's still only February! But when you run an orchard, you have to tell seasons by the weather, not by the calendar, and Mother...
Knitting with luxurious angora
I ran across this knitting pattern for tams, written by Angela Sixian Wu, and I thought it would be a wonderful way to showcase my...
Using my hand-spun yarn: My first project
I've been spinning for over a year now, and I couldn't help wondering: What does this yarn look like when it's knit into something? I...
Playing with Kool-Aid
Summertime had me busy with the garden, so I suspended my fiber activities. Once the last of the butternut squash and persimmons were...
The War on the Garden
It all started innocently enough. I was excited to have space for a garden. The thought of picking fresh produce from my backyard all...
Learning to move peaches...and meeting delightfully unexpected neighbors
It's been a couple weeks since we started selling peaches from our house. I've met lots of neighbors--some of them old-timers who...
